For most people, owning a vacation home does not always mean it comes equipped with all the amenities and creature comforts of a primary home. Second homes for many are rustic modest summer cabins where the carefree days of summer are enjoyed. In general, this is all that is required but there are exceptions such as temperatures rising into triple digit heights. Taking cover from the noon sun offers no respite if the cabin is not equipped with something as basic as a ceiling fan. I can vouch for this first hand as our mountain home was enjoyable throughout the year, until July. When the thermometer hit 106 degrees, an emergency trip was made to the local lighting store to purchase two ceiling fans.

Choosing the Right Ceiling Fan for your Needs

Looking online or in your local lighting store you’ve probably found the choices in fans to be extensive. What’s the difference, you ask? It’s a summer home, let’s get the cheapest fan possible. Right? Maybe not. You should make sure that the fan you’re choosing has enough power, pitch and blade diameter to substantially move the air around the room because that’s really all a ceiling fan can do. A fan doesn’t actually cool the air, it just creates wind chill that aids in cooling as you perspire.

Top of the line fans will have a 14 – 15 degree pitch as opposed to a low end fan that has about 10. 12 degrees is adequate. As for blade diameter, for a large room you’ll want something with at least 52 inches. A really large room may need more and visa versa if the room is smaller.

Last, the power and speed options. Obviously, if you’re only using the fan during the summer, then the highest speed the ceiling fan is capable of will be your main focus. But if this is for all season use, a very slow speed is important, too. This allows you to circulate air in the room during the winter months without creating a breeze, to assist in warming the room throughout.

Ceiling Fan Installation

Installing your new fan can be straight forward provided there is easy access to connect into the power source and ample strength for support in the actual spot you plan to hang the fan. Given that best case scenario it’s probably safe to say you’ll run into at least one small problem during your installation.

We have open beam ceilings in our summer home, no attic and no power source in the ceiling. This meant extending power out to the beam using wire mold which we later painted to match the beam’s color. Strength for support was thankfully not an issue but the process of getting into the walls, connecting into the existing power source and tacking up all the wire mold took some time. And all of this needed to be done by an electrician.

Energy Saving

The great thing about ceiling fans is that besides using far less energy than running an air conditioner or swamp cooler, they can also be used in conjunction with AC to help lower energy use. Basically, if you run a ceiling fan you can set your AC thermostat much higher (78 – 84) and the breeze created by the fan will keep you just as cool. Remember to turn off the fan when you’re not in the room as it only cools people, not the room. And if you can avoid using AC entirely, you’ll be happy to know that ceiling fans use about 90% less energy than standard air conditioning, which again, is all you really all need in a summer home.

Nicole Martins, a senior editor at Chandeliers-and-Home-Lighting.com, writes regularly about home décor and garden design. You can read more about discount ceiling fans at: http://www.chandeliers-and-home-lighting.com/ceiling-fans.htm

Ceiling fans can seriously enhance the comfort you experience within your own home and serve a variety of purposes. They can cool you down in summer and heat you up in winter. Heated ceiling fans are perfect for winter. They are extremely effective and efficient and can heat up a room in next to no time! You can feel the benefits within moments of switching it on.

Most heated ceiling fans can be used all year round to provide a constant flow of air around a room. They have various settings that can be selected to determine exactly how warm or cool you want a room and most actually have timer settings now as well so you can choose to have it on for a specific period of time. Not only can a heated ceiling fan make your room nice and cosy, but they can also help to save energy as a result. Who needs a heating system on when you can control the temperature with a remote control?

The heated ceiling fans on the market can be used within any home, although it does take time and effort to find the perfect one for you, which ticks all of the comfort and functionality boxes. There are various brands on the market, and those brands tend to market various models, ranging from the extremely simple to the one packed with so many features that you will never actually learn to use them all! You may actually need some guidance when choosing heated ceiling fans as a result. It may be an idea to take the measurements, design and specifics of the room that you want it in into consideration before you finally choose the one that you want to purchase.

There are a number of places you can look to buy a heated ceiling fan. A furniture showroom is the most obvious option because there are people there that can help you choose the ideal heated ceiling fan for you, but you will end up paying a great amount for them as a result. You can choose to shop around for a heated ceiling fan on the Internet instead. Not only do you pay considerably less for the same fan as a result of fierce competition, you can view the fans and read all the features so you know exactly what it can do.

There is also a great deal of information regarding heated ceiling fans on the Internet, including consumer reviews and forum posts stating the best ones to buy. This may influence your decision because it gives you an accurate picture of what you should expect. Research of this nature is valuable today considering the amount of choice available to you! Take your time choosing the best heated ceiling fan for you and you will get years of comfort for your money!

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